Ball-bearing.



L. LANGHAAR.

BALL BEARING. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 27, 1909.

981,5?7, Patented Jan. 10,1911.

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' Louis LANGHAAR, or. BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT.

- BALL-BEARING.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that- I, LOUIS LANGHAAR, acitizen of the United States, and resident of Bristol, in the county of Hartford and 1% State of Connecticut, have" invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ball-Bearings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to ball-bearings,

and has for its object the provision of a radial and thrust hearing which is equally eiticient in all directions and the several parts of which are correctly disposed and thus held relatively. to each other so as to constitute a bearing of what is generally called the unitary type. a

Briefly stated, the bearing comprises .an' outer race-ring in which two ball-races are formed so that the balls thereof will be 011-. posed to each other; while the innerfor central cone is made in two parts which are inserted from the outside f'the ring, re :spectively, and' are then 11 Id together so as to corotate after the manner of a unitary structure. l

The bearing shown in the accompanying drawings isot the silent type and comprisesone separator for each row of balls, but it should be understood that the inven-- ac tion is not confined to this feature since the hearing may also be of what is generally known as the full type.

' Another object of the present invention resides in the organization of the two rows of balls in the ball-races. in such a manner "that any longitudinal thrust which may be exerted upon any of the members; will be directly transferred through the one set of" balls on to the-other member of the race so. that no tendency will exist to spread these members. p a

- Referring to the accompanying drawings in which similar characters denote similar parts Figure 1 represents a side view of the ball-bearing embodying my invention. Fig.

I is a central longitudinal section thereof on line 2, 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is'a side. view of the separator whereby the balls of one row are spaced apart. Fig. 4 is an edge View of the same, and Fig. 5 is a detail view of the central cone illustrating a modification.

In the drawings, the numeral 10 denotes the outer ring of the bearing having a. pair of'raees 11, 12, respectively, forthe recepk tion of rows of balls 13 and 1 1, the balls 13;-

being interposed between the race 11 and Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J an. 1 O, 1911. Application filed January 27, 1909. Serial No. 474,362.

a race-way 15 provided in the central cone which 1s 1n the present instance composed of two parts or sections indicated by 16 and.

17, respectively. These two cone sections may be secured together in any desired form, the construction shown in Fig. 2 illustrating the cone-section 16 provided with a conical recess 18 adapted to receive a correspondingly shaped projection 19 of the cooperative conesection 17, both parts being held together for corotation as well as against separating movement longitudinally by one or more key members shown herein as pins 20 as will'be readily understood. It will, therefore, be seen that any longitudinal thrust brou ht to bear u on the cone-section 17 in' t c direction 0 arrow a will be taken up by the row of balls 14 and transferred on to the race 12 of the ring 10 without in any way tending to spread the two rows of balls, and a thrust exerted upon the cone-section 16 in the direction of arrow 12 of Fig. 2 will be transferred through the balls 13 on to the race 11 of the ring 10 without any tendency of aif'ecting the balls as one of its featuresone separator which I distinctly pertains to eachrow of balls and which is entirely independent oi the separator pertaining to the other row for the particular purpose of preventing any drag or-grindmg of the balls in-the races as will,

,jor instance, take place ifthe two separators are united. or'..made:- tcgrat and. when at the same"time theI-least variation should exist either in the outside diameters of the supporting cone-races, or in the diameters of the two rows of. the balls, or"inthe-sins ide diameters of the races in the outer supporting-ring. If it should toriustance be supposed that the outside diameters of the vcone-race 15 were only. one thousandth of an inch smaller than that of the cone-secionj ;17'j nd the balls are all exactly alike both rows, it is self'evident that when sejballs roll around in their respective of course a grinding action will take place between the balls and the separators provided the latter are made in one piece. On

the other hand, it will be also clear that, by

virtue of making the separators independent of each other, each row of balls can travel at its own speed without in any'waybeing influenced by the other or by the separator carried thereby, and it is this particular feature which I desire more especially to emphasize. The same trouble, of course, would exist if the sets of balls would be of different diameters no matter how small, and the same Objection would result if the races in the race-ring 10 should be in any way different; and it should be remembered I that when the diameters of the races are .concerned a dilference of only one thousandth of an inch will make a difference in the cir- 'cumferential rolling movement of the. balls of over three thousandths of an inch for each revolution of the balls around the axis of the bearing, so that the grinding" action resulting from the useof a unitary separator in connection with a two race bearing is not by any means a small factor.

The manner of assembling the -bearings shown in Fig. 2 is a comparatively easy one, inasmuch as each row of balls can be readily inserted in the race-ring l preparatory to the insertion of the cone pertaining. thereto; and, in order to make the bearing when assembled a self contained device complete in all its details,-all that will be necessary is: to provide some means whereby thetwo' cone-sections 16 and 17 will be held together longitudinally, this object being attained by the pin 20 above referredto. In Fig. I have illustrated a modification of the cone-sections 16 and 17 which are for instance provided with interlocking cheeks 25, 261to insure corotation, and which, furthermore, are provided with holdingscrews 27 which enter each pair of adjacent abutments so as to'serve as keys to prevent the cone-sections from pulling apart, the

keys being exposed to the shearing stress,

while the screw threads mcrel serve to keep,

the screws in lace and wit out receiving any force to resist the separation of the cone-' sections.

The separators which are indicated in the drawing by S comprise a continuous annular member 30 from which the ball support ing members31 project substantially in alinement with the, rolling axis ofthe balls as controlled by the formation of the races belon ing thereto; hence it will be seen that the a jacent sections 31 of the tw'o'sepm rators or ball retainers will be inclined toward each other, as clearly indicated in Fig. 2. It will also be understood thatinasmuch as the" ball engaging portionsof the separators S. follow the curvature of the balls beyond the diamctral line. any endwise or l l tainc-rs will be prevented, while, on the other hand, each retainer is fully supported in a i floating condition by the halls engaged thereby.

f and 12 in the ring are separated from each other by anannular ridge 32 which 5 naturally limits the movementof the two sets of balls to ard each other, and that the outward portions of the ring 10 have straight ways which permit-the read insertion of the balls when assembled ont eir respective cones.

i Inasmuch as thecones, or more particularly speaking, the outer flanges thereof are i of such diameter as to permit the balls ii i each race to have the required contact with said cones, an annular space is established between the outer diameter of the cones and I the inner surface of the ends of the race- I ring 10, this space permitting the ready assembling ofthe parts, as above described. Inasmuch asv the two cone-sections abut against each other, it'is-evident that when these sections are forced together under longitudinal load, no variation in the distance between the ball-races can result; and, again, whena radial load is exerted upon the bearin the fact that thecone-sections are couple together a ainst separation by the pins or-screws-QY-s own in Fig. 5, will offer a strong resistance against spreading action of the cones, which resistance may furthermore be augmented by locking devices on the shaft as usual in common practice. i

From apractical standpoint, the-construction shown in F ig'. 5 is preferable over that shown in Fig. 2,.inasmuch as in the former instance the pin 2. serves as a shearing key for its entire-length; while in Fig. 2 the shearing resistance of the pin is substantially only that of the cross-sectional area thereof. I i

I vclaim: I 1. As a new article 'of manufacture, a ball-bearing comprising a, pair of cooperative members, one of said members being pendent raceways, sets of balls in said raceways respectively, the other 'one of said members-co istingof a pair of sections. each section havin 'a raceway and abutting with its extreme inner end against the ex: trenie inner end-of the other section at a pointbetween said raceways, and a key-member transversely engaging the abutting ends together.

. 2. As a new article of mmmhurture, a ball-bearing comprising a unitary race-ring having a pair of opposed races, an annulus rather longitudinal movement of these re'-.

It will he observed that the ball-races ll unitary and having a. pairiof adjacent lIl (ltfiof both sections and firmly holding the same 3 comprising a pair of normally-free and independent cone-sections firmly abutting with their innermost'ends, and having raceways.

cooperative with said races respectively, 5 and a key-member seated in and locking both abutting ends of' said'cone-sections for corotation and against:longitudinal displacenient relative'to each other. As a new article of manufacture, a ballhearing comprising a member consisting of a pair of abutting sections each having a raceway and both having jaws for interlocking said abutting ends for corotation,'a device engaging the adjacentlongit-udinal faces of a pair of such interlocking jaws for holding the same against separation longitudinally, a. unitary annulus having raceways cooperative with the raeeways of said sections, and independent sets of balls in said raceways respectively."

" 4. As a new article of manufacture, a ball-' .bearing comprising a unitary annulus having outwardly-opposed raeeways, and balls in said raceways respectively, a member having inwardly-opposed raceways for said balls and consisting of a pair of longitudinally-separable sections having their adjacent-,ends firmly abutting, and means for locking said sections against longitudinal separation, and, interlocking jaws on said abutting sections to lock the same for simultaneous corotat-ion. j

5. As a new article of manufacture, a ballbearing comprising a race-ring having a pair of adjacent raceways, independent setsof balls in saidraceways, an annulus cooperative with said race-ring. and composed of a pair of normally-separate adjacent sections interlocked for corotation, and a key-device 40 seated in-the interlocking portions of said sections for positively holding said sections against longitudinal movement relative to each other.

6. As a new article of manufacture, a ballbearing comprising a race-ringhaving a pair of adjacent raceways, independent sets of balls in said raceways, an annulus consisting of a pair of corotative abut-ting sections, and

. independent means transversely seated in the adjacent ends of said sections and firnil y holding both of the said sections against separation longitudinallyrof their axis.

7. As a new article of nuinufacture, a selfcontained ball-bearing consisting of an uni- '55 tary outer annulus having a pair of closelyadjaccnt parallel raceways, and an inner:

member cotiperativewith the outer member.

and formed of two adj acent-tubular sections firmly abutting with their innermost ends against each other and having their'inner tubular surfaces in longitudinal alinement with each other, each section having an outer peripheral raceway cooperative with one of the raccways of the outer member respectively, 'sets of balls in said racewavs respectively, and an independent key-device disiosed between saidracewavs and' assins n C) through both of the abutting ends of said sections for firmly holding the same against separation.

8. As a new article of manufacture, a selfcontained ball-bearii'ig comprising a unitary annulus having a pair of adjacent races, a sectional bearing-member consisting of two sections, each of which has a raceway, and also a supporting surface concentric therewith, both of su'ch'supnorting surfaces being disposed in longitudinal alinement with each. other, balls in said races and raceways, a .transverselymlispgsed key-device seated in both of the abutting ends'of said sections and for firmly holding the same in a predetermined fixed posit on relative to each other. v 9. As a new article of manufacture, a selfcontained ball-bearing consistingof a unitary annulus having a pair of closely-adjacentparallel .raceways, and another member cooperative with the first member and formedof two adjacentsections firmly abul ting with their im-iermostends against each other, each section having a parallel raceway cooperative with one of the raeeways of the other member respectively,sets of balls in sai raceways respectively, and an inde pendent key-device disposed between said racewaysand passing through both of the abutting ends of Sitld'SQCtiOllS for firmly holding the same against separation.

10. Asa newartic1e of manufacture, a self-contained ball-bearing consisting of a unitary annulus having a pairv of closelyadjacent. parallel raceways, and another member cooperative with the annulus and formed of two adjacent sections firmly abutting. with their innermostends against each other, and having their innermost ends overlapping each other longitudinally, each seetion havinga raceway coiiperative with one of the raceways of the annulus respectively, sets of balls in the'raceways respectively, and an independent key-device disposed between said raceways and passing through both the overlapping extreme parts of the abutting ends for firmly holding said sections against separation. I

11. As a new article of manufacture, a self-contained ball-bearing consistin of a unitary annulus having a pair of adjacent parallel raceways, and anothermember eooperative with said annulus and formed of two normally-separate alined sections :having their adjacent -'ends overlapping each other longitudinally, and each section'having a raceway cooperative with one of the racewaysof the annulus respectively, sets of balls in the raceways respectively, and an independent device seated in both. of said sections within the overlap confines for respectively holding said sections against Iongitinlinal movement relative to each other.

12. a new article of manufacture, a self-rontaincd composite ball-hearing comprising a unitary ace-ring having a pair of oppo;-.e(l races, another hearing member consisting of a pair of sections having opposed 'z-aveuays coi'iperativo with the races of said race-ring. a single device for holding said sections against longitudinal separation, the ends of one of said hearing members terminating substantially in the same plane with spectively, and separators for said sets ofv balls respectively, each separator consisting of a recessed annulus for,rece1v1ng the balls of its own set. and eomp'risin; an annular flange terminating substantially in the same 20 1 end-plane as the hearing members.

LOUIS LANGHAAR.

Witnesses a CHAS. F. ScHMnLz, Mme-mm E. ONEILL. 

